Avita Medical Facing First Strike

..Two largest shareholders to vote against remuneration report 20 November 2013: Leading Australian life sciences investment group BioScience Managers today confirmed it will vote against the remuneration report of spray-on skin company Avita Medical Limited (ASX:AVH) at the company’s AGM on Friday 22 November. With the company’s largest shareholder Australian Ethical also set to vote against […]

Biota Initiates Additional Clinical Trials of Laninamivir Octanoate

Biota Initiates Additional Clinical Trials of Laninamivir Octanoate Link here. ATLANTA, Nov. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Biota Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Biota”) (Nasdaq:BOTA) announced today that it has commenced dosing in two Phase 1 clinical trials of laninamivir octanoate (“LANI”), its long-acting neuraminidase inhibitor being developed for the treatment of influenza. One of the Phase 1 clinical trials is a […]

Notice of Annual General Meeting and explanatory memorandum to shareholders

Link here. Date of Meeting: 22 November 2013 Time of Meeting: 2pm WST Place of meeting: Function Room, QV1, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA 6000

19.09.2013 – Pharmaxis Announces Two Board Retirements

Pharmaxis announcement link here. Pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis today announced the retirement of two non‐executive directors, Dr John Villiger and Mr Richard van den Broek. Dr Villiger joined the Board in November 2006. His career in the global pharmaceutical industry as a founder of The Medicines Company Inc. brought considerable clinical, regulatory and entrepreneurial experience to the […]

Nexus6 Steps Up its Global Presence with Three New Appointments

Auckland, New Zealand, September 6th 2013 – Nexus6 Ltd, a digital health company dedicated to improving respiratory care, today announced three appointments to its senior management team following the Company’s successful US$3.6m financing earlier in 2013. Nexus6 is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of intelligent monitoring solutions that improve the management of COPD and […]

Alchemia Announces Results For FY 2013 and Progress Across Its Major Assets

Alchemia Announcement link here. • Net profit share from fondaparinux of A$9.6m (US$9.5m) for the financial year • Annual loss for the year of A$4.8m, compared with A$15.1m for the previous year • Cash and receivables at 30 June 2013 of A$25.3m • Phase III trial of HA Irinotecan fully recruited • Collaboration with Merck Serono […]

Pharmaxis Announces Delay to French Pricing for Bronchitol

Pharmaxis press release link here. Pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis (ASX:PXS) today announced it will scale back resources and investments dedicated to the launch of Bronchitol in France due to delays in reaching an agreement with French authorities on a reimbursed price for the cystic fibrosis treatment. Pharmaxis CEO Mr Gary Phillips said, “Negotiations with the French Healthcare […]